UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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Form 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~July~~September 1827, 2018

CITADEL EXPLORATION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	000-54639	27-1550482
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

417 31^st Street, Unit A, Newport Beach, CA		92663
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

(949) 612-8040
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Section 73 – ~~Regulation~~Securities FDand Trading Markets

Item 73.0102 ~~Regulation~~Unregistered FDSale ~~Disclosure~~of Debt Securities

~~Press~~On ~~Release~~September 21, 2018, Citadel Exploration, Inc. (the "Company") funded an additional $500,000 on its $3,000,000 Senior Secured Debt Facility. With the Tranche B funding of $500,000 the facility now has funded $2,250,000. The company also issued 250,000 warrants upon closing Tranche B. All terms of the Tranche B funding are exactly the same as the Tranche A funding that took place in March of 2018.

OnNo ~~July~~commissions ~~18,~~were ~~2018,~~paid ~~Citadel~~in ~~Exploration,~~connection ~~Inc.~~with (the ~~"Company")~~private ~~announced that the Company had achieved record production rate of 100 barrels of oil per day at its Kern Bluff Oil Field~~placements.

The issuance of shares of the Company's iscommon ~~disclosing~~stock ~~under~~in ~~Item~~the ~~7.01~~private placement and debt conversion was made in reliance on the private offering exemption of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the private offering ~~this~~safe ~~Current~~harbor ~~Report~~provisions of Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder based on ~~Form~~the ~~8-K~~following factors: (i) the ~~information~~number ~~attached~~of offerees or purchasers, as applicable, (ii) the absence of general solicitation, (iii) representations obtained from each of the investors in the private placement with respect to ~~this~~their ~~report~~status as ~~Exhibit 99.1~~accredited investors, ~~which~~(iv) ~~information~~the isprovision ~~incorporated~~of the type of disclosure that byregistration ~~reference~~would ~~herein.~~provide, and (v) the placement of restrictive legends

~~The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8~~-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent as referenced to such filing.1-

~~Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits~~SIGNATURES

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Press Release – Dated July 18, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~-1-~~CITADEL EXPLORATION, INC. By: /s/ Armen Nahabedian Armen Nahabedian Chief Executive Officer

~~SIGNATURES~~Date: September 27, 2018

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~-2-

CITADEL EXPLORATION, INC. By: /s/ Armen Nahabedian Armen Nahabedian Chief Executive Officer

Date: July 18, 2018

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